Staying Up-To-Date on the URI Basketball Recruiting Trail: 7/13/17
The new list of players that the Rhode Island men's basketball coaching staff has been linked to includes (but is not limited to): PG Sylvain Francisco (2017), SF William Vedder (2017), PG Jalen Carey (2018), PG Duane Washington Jr. (2018), PG Jaelin Llewellyn (2018), PG Brendan Adams (2018), PG Serrel Smith (2018), PG Malik Johnson (2018), PG Caleb McConnell (2018), SG Malik Martin (2018), SG Omar Silverio (2018), SG Michael 'Mike' Devoe (2018), SG Jeenathan Williams (2018), SG D.J. Mitchell (2018), SG Landers Nolley (2018), PG Jalen Carey (2018), PG Anthony Nelson (2018), PG Carlos Curtis (2018), G/F Ikcaven "KK" Curry (2018), G/F Samba Diallo (2018), SF Terrance Boykin (2018), SF Philmon Gebrewhit (2018), SF Sloan Seymour (2018), G/F Frankie Policelli (2018), PF Jermain 'Jermaine' Harris (2018), SG David Duke (2018), SG Nate Hinton (2018), SG Demetrius Mims, Jr. (2018), SG Saddiq Bey (2018), SG Tyrese Martin (2018), SG Amir Harris (2018), SG D.J. Mitchell (2018), SF Chimezie Offurum (2018), PF Tyrese Samuel (2018), SF Kris Monroe (2018), PG Rasir Bolton (2018), SG Kyler Edwards (2018), SG Jack Clark (2018), SG Jared Rhoden (2018), SG Christian Hinckson (2018), SG Jaylen Sims (2018), SF K.J. Buffen (2018), SF Souleymane Koureissi (2018), SF Maurice Calloo (2018), PF Valdir Manuel (2018), PF Jimmy Nichols, Jr. (2018), PF Alexander Sukhanov (2018), PG Mac McClung (2018), PG Taelon Martin (2019), SG Preston Santos (2019), SF Daman Tate (2019), SG Jalen Lecque (2019), PF Akok Akok (2019), C Kofi Cockburn (2019), PG Casey Morsell (2019), PG Jay Heath Jr. (2019), SF Jaiden Delaire (2019), SF Mekhi Long (2019), SF Ismael Massoud (2019), PG Brycen Goodine (2019), SF Anthony Thomas (2020)
I am a bit displeased that SG A.J. Reeves, a Massachusetts native, not only did not commit to Rhode Island but he committed to in-state rival, Providence. In addition, I wanted Immanuel Quickley to be a realistic possibility for the Rams but he is "out of their league" at this moment. Rhode Island needs to play their way up to get into the range of bringing in kids like Quickley and recent Villanova commit, Cole Swider. Since Swider is from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the fact that URI was not even in his final eight schools (PC was) before he committed to one is painful. Going forward, I do not expect SG Jalen Lecque or SG Michael Devoe to be Rhode Island Rams in the future due to the building attention that they are receiving from flagship college basketball programs.
Overall, I have complete faith behind what Dan Hurley and his staff will do on the recruiting trail in the future but there is certainly work to be done.
